Svein Harald Ludvigsen (born 18 July 1946) is a Norwegian former politician for the Conservative Party and a convicted sex offender.

He served as a member of parliament (1989–2001), deputy leader of the Conservative Party (1990–1991), minister of fisheries (2001–2005), and county governor of Troms (2006–2014).

On the local level, Ludvigsen was a member of the executive committee of Tromsø Municipality council in the periods from 1971–1975, 1979–1983, and 1987–1989.

In 2001, he was appointed County Governor of Troms, but because of his job as cabinet minister he assumed the office on 17 January 2006.

[2] On the 4 July 2019, he was convicted of abusing his position to gain sexual favours from three vulnerable male persons[3][4] and sentenced to five years imprisonment.